diff --git a/mariadb/templates/etc/_00-base.cnf.tpl b/mariadb/templates/etc/_00-base.cnf.tpl
index ae40c0a44a..4c40408877 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/etc/_00-base.cnf.tpl
+++ b/mariadb/templates/etc/_00-base.cnf.tpl
@@ -105,4 +105,3 @@ max-allowed-packet=16M
 default_character_set=utf8
 protocol=tcp
 port={{ tuple "oslo_db" "internal" "mysql" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
-connect_timeout=10